{"url_path":"/weather/alerts/2.49.0.1.840.0.86513b926ea8de2b3a0e1ad2138e50e78674c6bd.002.1","section_key":"alert","section_title":"Tornado Watch issued May 18 at 3:49PM CDT until May 18 at 8:00PM CDT by NWS Omaha/Valley NE","topic":"weather","document":{"doc_type":"alert","doc_date":"2026-05-18","source_url":"https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn%3Aoid%3A2.49.0.1.840.0.86513b926ea8de2b3a0e1ad2138e50e78674c6bd.002.1","accession_number":null,"cik":null,"ticker":null,"issuer_name":null,"edgar_url":null,"primary_entity_key":null,"primary_entity_name":"NWS Omaha/Valley NE"},"word_count":97,"has_tables":false,"body_markdown":"# Tornado Watch: Tornado Watch issued May 18 at 3:49PM CDT until May 18 at 8:00PM CDT by NWS Omaha/Valley NE\n\n**Severity:** Extreme\n**Certainty:** Possible\n**Urgency:** Future\n**Areas:** Gage, NE; Jefferson, NE; Johnson, NE; Nemaha, NE; Otoe, NE; Pawnee, NE; Richardson, NE\n**Issued by:** NWS Omaha/Valley NE\n**Sent:** 2026-05-18T15:49:00-05:00\n**Effective:** 2026-05-18T15:49:00-05:00\n**Expires:** 2026-05-18T20:00:00-05:00\n\n## Description\nTORNADO WATCH 222 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR\nTHE FOLLOWING AREAS\n\nIN NEBRASKA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 7 COUNTIES\n\nIN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA\n\nGAGE                  JEFFERSON             JOHNSON\nNEMAHA                OTOE                  PAWNEE\nRICHARDSON\n\nTHIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF AUBURN, BEATRICE, FAIRBURY,\nFALLS CITY, NEBRASKA CITY, PAWNEE CITY, STERLING, TABLE ROCK,\nAND TECUMSEH."}